Wayne was 30 when the accident happened, and had been married for just over a year.

"Even though it's 14 years ago, the memory of it is still the same, and the sense of shock," said Stuart.

"It never leaves you. It's with you every day," he added.

Symbolic items brought to the altar by members of the emergency services and the Road Safety Authority included a Garda cap, a fire officer's helmet, a stethoscope, and a copy of the Rules of the Road.

Fr Shortall prayed for the families of road victims and the emergency services.

In a similar ceremony in Fermoy in Cork, a teddy bear with the name Mollie was placed on the altar in memory of an unborn baby girl who was killed when her heavily pregnant mother was involved in a crash.

Mary Enright (28),from Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co Waterford, died in a crash about 1km from Bansha in Co Tipperary on the night of March 26, 2012.

Her father, David Walsh, successfully campaigned to have her unborn child "Mollie" placed on the register of road traffic deaths.